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ForestRails is a story of logging and short line railroads
and the role they played in the growth and success of the diverse operations of
Georgia-Pacific, a major Fortune 500 Company, also known as the “Growth
Company.” Once lumbermen realized the benefits of a steel wheel on a steel
rail, they embraced the technology and railroads became essential in hauling
trees from the forests for sawing into lumber and later in the manufacture of
paper, plywood and other forest products. The author describes herein the
diverse operations of the Georgia-Pacific railroads from the perspective of
having been president of ten of the 16 short line railroads described herein.
The forest products industry has also long relied on the rails for delivery of
its output to customers. From chattering steam locomotives to growling diesels,
from railroad logging to truck and tractor logging, and from logging tram roads
to modern short line common carrier railroads, nearly every facet of logging
and short line railroad operations in the United States is described somewhere
in this history. Railroads owned by G-P include (1) Feather River, (2) Oregon,
Pacific & Eastern, (3) Fordyce & Princeton, (4) Ashley, Drew &
Northern; (5) Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi; (6) Brimstone; (7)
Carolina Western; (8) California Western; (9) Amador Central; (10) Gloster
Southern; (11) Valdosta Southern; (12) Marinette, Tomahawk & Western; (13)
Chattahoochee Industrial; (14) Old Augusta; (15) Blue Rapids; (16) Moscow,
Camden & San Augustine. Lumber and Logging railroads include: (1) C. D.
Johnson, Toledo, OR; (2) Coos Bay, Coos ‘Bay, OR; (3) Hammond, Samoa, CA; (4)
Meadow River, Rainelle, WVA; (5) W. M. Ritter, Swandale, WVA. ORDERS NOW BEING
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